Imran Khan's medical reports are alarming. I have gone through them with several specialists, and I am writing this in plain language so every Pakistani can understand exactly what is happening.
In order of priority, this is what worries me most: his anxiety and stress levels, his palpitations, and his high blood pressure. Sleeplessness is not mentioned in the report, but looking at the medications, it is almost certainly there too.
I have known Imran Khan for more than 35 years. Stress was never his weakness. That it is now at peak levels tells you everything about what three years of imprisonment and total isolation have done to him.
The causes are not hard to understand: the state of the country, his colleagues in jail, those sentenced, the killed, and their grieving families. His own isolation, no newspapers, no books, no knowledge of what is happening outside. And yes, his anxiety over Bushra Bibi, his sisters, his workers and his party.
Look at the medications, as there is no diagnosis. He is on Citanil and Lexotanil, three times a day. That is not sleeplessness being treated. That is daytime anxiety being treated. Read that twice.
His heart rate is 54 bpm. Doctors will call that "normal." It is not normal for him. His resting heart rate has been in the low 40s his whole adult life, the mark of a lifelong elite athlete. A jump to 54 is a real shift.
He has reported heart palpitations. That is not something to note and move on from. It needs a 24-hour Holter monitor immediately, to catch the frequency and get him on the right medication. Even an Apple Watch linked to an Apple ID outside Pakistan (as that function is disabled in Pakistan) can flag Atrial Fibrillation and palpitations in real time.
He is on three separate BP medications now. That requires proper daily AM/PM monitoring to titrate correctly, not once-a-week guesswork. He is also on a cholesterol-lowering drug. Raised cholesterol at his age is both genetic and stress-driven, and needs diet, exercise, and medication working together, as does his blood pressure. Less salt. More movement. Real monitoring.
And the following tests that must happen now, without further delay:
1) A Stress Test
2) An Echocardiogram
3) Cardiac MRI
4) Cardiac Artery Calcium (CAC) scan, because of raised cholesterol to check for calcified deposits that block arteries and lead directly to heart attacks or the need for stents.
5) Cardiac CT Angiogram and other tests if indicated.
I am deeply worried. Isolation is taking a physical toll on his body. If this is not addressed immediately, the damage may become irreversible with more complications to follow.
@ImranKhanPTI definitely needs to be moved to a hospital environment now, under an independent panel of doctors. Neither his family nor the people of Pakistan trust government-appointed doctors alone. We have already seen reports manipulated before, numbers exaggerated or suppressed, platelets among them.
The next three months will decide whether his condition is reversed or becomes permanent.
We all are alarmed.
The country needs him more than ever before. May Allah keep him healthy. Ameen. 🤲
🇵🇰 Al Jazeera covered a boycotted Kashmir election, then its site went dark in Pakistan
Al Jazeera English stopped loading across Pakistan today. No word from the government on why.
The timing says plenty. It dropped a day after the Information Ministry slammed the network's election coverage as "yellow journalism" from "external actors."
Kamal Hyder reported from Muzaffarabad on voting day, showing streets that were mostly empty. A boycott, people done with the whole thing. Locals say as many as 80 have been killed in unrest since June.
Pakistan also just told foreign reporters they need permission to work outside Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad, which happens to cover Kashmir.
Block the site, fence off the press, blame outsiders. That's just narrative control.
Source: Al Jazeera / Writer: Daniyal
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: Today, THOUSANDS took to the streets of Karachi to demand an END to PRISONER 804'S ILLEGAL INCARCERATION.
PAKISTANIS WANT FREEDOM FOR THEIR MOST POPULAR HERO, IMRAN KHAN.
PAK = MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW = FREE IMRAN KHAN.
Imran Khan has completed 3 years in prision and most of it in solitary confinement. He has not been allowed to meet his family. His sons have been denied visa to visit Pakistan and meet their father. He has been denied access to his doctors, lawyers and party people.
For a long period, no one has seen him.
There is no history of any political prisoner being treated in such harsh & brutal conditions.
Despite all these, Imran khan has shown courage, bravery, dignity and character unparalleled in our history. He has won and those who incarcerated him in prison have lost.
اسرائیل نے الجزیرہ پر پابندی اس لیے عائد کی کہ وہ فلسطین کی زمینی حقیقت دنیا کے سامنے لا رہا تھا۔ پاکستان نے الجزیرہ کی نشریات اس لیے معطل کیں کہ وہ آزاد کشمیر کی صورتحال کی حقیقت دکھا رہا تھا۔ عبداللہ
@AbdullahSays99_
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#Pakistan
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: Today, THOUSANDS MARCHED in the streets of Kashmir to demand an END to the PAK GOVERNMENT'S INTERFERENCE IN KASHMIR'S ELECTIONS.
PAKISTAN IS FED UP WITH MILITARY RULE.
FREE IMRAN KHAN.
سچ چھپ نہیں سکتا پاکستانی میڈیا تو کنٹرول کر لیا، ڈھونگ الیکشن کا پول انٹرنیشنل میڈیا نے کھول دیا۔ اب وزارت اطلاعات نے اعلان کیا ہے کہ “الجزیرہ” زرد صحافت کر رہا ہے۔ صحافت زرد نہیں آپ کے کرتوت کالے ہیں۔
The disturbing reports emerging from Rawalakot are consistent with the Pakistani authorities’ long history of unlawful violence against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir.
A prompt, independent, and transparent investigation must be ordered into the security forces’ use of force against protesters.
So long as an internet and mobile services blackout remains in place, it will severely impede the independent verification of the full extent of the situation on the ground.
We urge the Pakistani authorities to restore all communications access and allow media and independent observers into the area
گورنس سے تمہارا کیا لینا دینا؟ اپنی بیرکوں میں واپس چلے جاؤ اور صرف وہ کام کرو جس کا حلف اٹھاتے ہو جس کی تنخواہ لیتے ہو، سارے مسائل حل ہو جائیں گے!
#FascismUnderAsimLaw#PakistanUnderMartialLaw
Another bombshell: "The system has failed."
No. The system hasn't failed. The people who hijacked it have failed the system. Have destroyed it.
A parliamentary democracy stands on one foundation: the people's mandate. That's why we hold elections. When elections are rigged and the mandate is stolen, those without public legitimacy inevitably drive the country down the abyss.
Imprisoning @ImranKhanPTI, the leader millions trust and replacing the people's choice with a corrupt, fascist, elite rule is not a failure of the system. It is the subversion of the system.
Pakistan's parliamentary system has not failed. It has been repeatedly undermined by the establishment since 1977, denying the people the right to let their chosen representatives govern.
People of Pakistan: Don't be distracted by this debate. It is political chaff, designed to divert attention from the real issues: the destruction of the economy, the erosion of constitutional rule, political repression, killings and the imprisonment of thousands whose only "crime" was demanding that their vote be respected.
Our demands are clear:
• Restore the Constitution.
• Repeal the 26th and 27th Constitutional Amendments.
• #ReleaseImranKhan
• Hold Free and fair elections now, with EVMs, we trust neither you, the ECP nor a manual ballot.
Usurpers, looters, killers, stop blaming the system. Accept that you have destroyed it.
Forget our dignified people, even the "cockroaches" are coming for you now.
Fess up and scoot.
تابش ہاشمی کی ایک دن کی زندگی جرنیلوں، شریفوں، زرداریوں، انصار عباسیوں، سہیل وڑائچوں، ایم ایفوں، ابصار عالموں، راویوں اور عسکری راتب خوروں کی سو سالہ زندگی سے بہتر ہے!
If it’s true that Tabish Hashmi has been removed from Hasna Mana Hai, it only further exposes the insecurity & narrow-mindedness of those ruling Pakistan today. His video was spot on. It was respectful, factual, and offensive to no one. A little thicker skin would go a long way. Well done, @Tab_Hash_Me, for standing up for our Kashmiri brothers and sisters.
Watch the video for yourself and decide.